Yale University Press
The Great Mirror of Folly: Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720
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- William N Goetzmann
- Yale University Press
- Hardcover
- 9780300162462
- 12.2 X 9.3 X 1.2 inches
- 4.5 pounds
- History > Western Europe - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Author Bio
William N. Goetzmann is the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies and Faculty Director of the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. He is an expert on a diverse range of investments. His past work includes studies of stock market predictability, hedge funds and survival biases in performance measurement. His current research focuses on alternative investing, factor investing, behavioral finance and the art market.
Professor Goetzmann has written and co-authored a number of books, including Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis (Wiley, 2014), The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets (Oxford, 2005), The Great Mirror of Folly: Finance, Culture and the Crash of 1720 (Yale, 2013) and most recently, Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible (Princeton, 2016). He teaches portfolio management, alternative investments, real estate and financial history at the Yale School of Management.
Research Interests
- Behavioral Finance
- Financial Crises
- Financial Markets
- Hedge Funds
- Mutual Funds
- Private Equity
- Real Estate/Housing Markets
Source: Yale University
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